Hey -- you know Microsoft's Project Natal? Well we've just gotten an up close look at what appears to be the retail version (though it's clearly marked a developer unit). We couldn't storm the stage while Walt and Kara (and her son!) were showing it off, but no one seemed to mind that we took a load of these shots for your perusal. Check out gallery below for more pics!

Eager to experience Project Natal for yourself? Xbox 360 has teamed up with Justin Bieber to bring all the fun of Project Natal to the singing sensation's "my World" tour. Just look for the Project Natal kiosks when you're at Justin's show and enjoy your sneak peek at the future of gaming!

I understand them trying to appeal to the female tweens but, what a way to make a statement.

You should see the thousands of comments on XBOX's Facebook page in response to this...pretty funny.

If I were remotely interested in this (which I'm not) I'd be worried about the type of room you'll need to use it effectively. Not everyone has a large open area in front of their tv in which to flail about.

I totally think that Microsoft screwed themselves with this price point. Since E3 everyone has been stating that $149 is just to much for this thing and that $99 was the sweet spot for people that actually BUY games and would use this thing. So what do they do...they go with the price point that their focus groups said they would pay rather then listening to the majority audience..Hell at $149 you can almost get a Wii to plug into your tv and not use...
They should have taken the loss on the product to get them into homes and make up for the loss with quality games that everyone would want...they must have forgotten the razor/razor blade scenario now that J Allard and his shiny head are gone...
BIG MISTAKE MICROSOFT...way to drop the f'ing ball again...wonder if this will be going the way of the KIN...

"Xbox 360 4GB console"...4GB? At first I thought it was a typo but indeed it appears to be 4GB as I checked several sources and all I can say is, LOL although it wasn't too long ago that 512MB memory cards were the only thing available for the 360 as far as portable storage went...

It casuals love it, the $300 bundle will do great. Dance Central definitely has the potential to be a hit.

Yep, and the real keys on that front are:

1. Will casuals who already own a Wii (and not a 360) shell out $300 for the bundle to play more motion control games?

2. Will casuals who never bought a Wii be drawn to the 360+Kinect?

3. Will 360 owners with some interest in motion controls/casual games buy the Kinect at $150. A poll I posted back around E3 showed that 360 owners here with a Wii had some interest, but those without a Wii did not.

Well you have to keep in mind that developers like to make games they enjoy. So the teams for the games I listed (or any traditional games) are unlikely to want to make casual games, nor do they have expertise in those type of games.

Thus if there's money in them, you'd see publishers hiring new development teams to make such games. Not pulling talent from top franchises that are making them millions of dollars.

That said, my only worry is that if it is somehow a success (and maybe even if it's not) then we'll see the next version of Kinect packed in with all next-gen MS consoles. And then we may have our experience impacted as motion controls get shoehorned into traditional games as they have on the Wii. Though that's a bit less likely/trickier to with something like Kinect vs. the Wii motei/Nunchuck controller combo.

And the $300 Kinect bundle wouldn't be a bad upgrade option - EXCEPT it won't be compatible with the old HDD's. so you have to wait for the $400 Kinect "Elite" bundle to be announced with a bigger HDD.

hopefully some enterprising individuals will manufacture some HDD conversion kits.

While I would have preferred a white Xbox S, I like the option of getting a matte finish one by going the 4GB route. I am running low on HD space on my 60GB HDD right now but rather than upgrading the drive I think I will just make do and then one day upgrade to a slim 360, possibly the 4GB matte model and buy a 250(+)GB HD for it.

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